#CD9D8A#CD9D8A

#CD9D8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.064 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D8A
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(17, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 15.21, 16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 22.69, 47.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0469 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.064 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8223, 38.9303, 29.3512)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D8A #8ABACD

analogous

#CD8A99 #CD9D8A #CDBF8A

triadic

#CD9D8A #8ACD9D #9D8ACD

tetradic

#CD9D8A #99CD8A #8ABACD #BF8ACD

square

#CD9D8A #99CD8A #8ABACD #BF8ACD

split-complementary

#CD9D8A #8ACDBF #8A99CD

monochromatic

#9B5B42 #BB795F #CD9D8A #DFC1B5 #F2E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CD9D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CD9D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D8A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D8A	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.064 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaac',
    500: '#cd9d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d8a;
$custom-light: #ddbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.015,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.06366,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D8A

secondary

#CFDEE4

accent

#8FB332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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